Manuscript-holder and line-indicator.



No. 729,63 I PATENTBD JUNE 2, 1903.

I II MORISON. MANUSCRIPT HOLDER AND LINE INDICATOR.

I APPLIUATIOIPI-ILE ILDEG. 15. 1900. RENEWED MAR. 18, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSES INVENTOR UNITED' STATES Patented June 2, 190a PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER MORISON, OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CLIFFORD i C. MACOMBER, OF SAGINAVV, MICHIGAN.

MANUSCRIPTFQHOLDE'R AND LINE-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 729,636, dated fans 2, 1903.

Application filed December 15, 1900. Renewed March 18, 1903- Serial No. 148,448. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MORISON, a

citizen of the United States, residing-at Sagi naw, county of Saginaw, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Manuscript-Holders and Line- Indicators; and I declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in manuscript-holders and line-indicators in which there is a 1nanuscript-holding frame, and in connection to said frame there is anneindicator; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to have the manuscript held back of the machine; second, to indicate the line.

where the operator left off reading. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the entire machine. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the machine.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views.

A indicates a knob by which the operator rotates the shaft B. At the opposite end from the knob A the shaft B passes through a bearing at, whicl1.is on the stationary frame J. Behind this bearing and on the shaft Bis a grooved pulley N. At the top of the manuscript-frame K there is another grooved pulley D. Around these two pulleys N and D there is an endless belt E. One side of the belt E passes between the two rods M and IV.

The other side passes outside of these rods M i At this point the line-indicator F is fastened to the endless belt E by a set-screw. When the grooved pulleys N and D are rotated by the operators knob A, the endless belt E moves around them and carries the line-indicator F up or down, according to the way the operator turns the knob.

The two rods GG on the manuscript-holder K are fitted into sockets O in the stationary frame part J, as seen in Fig.

When the endless belt E is thrown off the grooved pulley N, it will admit of the manu script-holder K being removed from the stationary frame part J at the socket O in Fig. 2. The stationary frame part J is fastened to the back of the type-writer by two set-screws which are in the flanges X X, Fig. 1.

The bearing-stud H, in which the groove is seen, is fastened to the side of the type-writer by means of the groove and a set-screw. The spring I is to keep a tension on the endless belt E and to hold the grooved pulley D in its place. 1

I am aware that prior'to my invention man uscript-holders and line-indicators have been made. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but

That I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in amanuscript-holder and line-indicator for type-writin g machines, of shaft B of a grooved pulley located on shaft B; of an endless belt E; of a line-indicator F, fastened to endless belt E; of guiding-rods M and W that guide and hold the indicator F in a horizontal position; of a base-plate or support J of sockets O on base-plate or support J; of manuscript-holder frame K; of projections on manuscript-holder frame K adapted to be seated in sockets O, and of grooved pulley D on manuscript-holder frame K, substantially as described.

2. In a copy-holder, a base-plate or support adapted to be attached to a type-writing machine, a pulley and means for operating the same both carried on said base-plate or support, a manuscript-holding frame, detaohably connected with said base-plate or support, a spring-mounted idle pulley and indicator-guiding means upon said detachable frame, a belt carried by said pulleys, and

20 mounted idle pulley and indicator-guiding means upon said detachable frame, a belt carried by said pulleys, and a line-indicator carried by said belt and guided by said guiding means, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- 15 tion in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER MORISON. Witnesses:

ELLIOTT J. STODDARD, lVIAY E. Ko'rr. 

